March 19, 2019
01. Confronting White Nationalism
02. NZ Shooting Should Not Have Happened
03. If You Choose to Carry a Gun
04. White Women and America’s Slave Economy
05. The Green New Deal’s Socialist Roots
06. Trump is Right: CNN is Biased!
07. Retirement Rebels: How to Write Your Next Chapter
08. Get $20K More from Your Home Sale
09. Why Run a Meeting People Will Dread? Do This Instead
10. You’ve Got 8 Seconds: Communication Secrets for a Distracted World
11. Is It Your Fault You Can’t Find Love?
12. Does a Good Marriage Depend on Good Sex?
13. Beach Boys Bodyguard Tells All
14. What’s Behind the Beatles’ Staying Power?
15. Drowning in a Sea of Chronic Illness – a Surprising Lifeboat
16. This Psychiatrist Says Women Will Save the World
17. How to Reduce Your Pets’ ‘Environmental Paw Print’
18. Bad Mistakes Even Good Teachers Make
19. Do A Show On Loving the Unlovable
20. Fact or Fiction? Thriller Based on Current American Culture
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1. ==> Confronting White Nationalism
After last week’s New Zealand mosque massacre, Shirin
Sinnar, like many other Muslim Americans, grieves the
loss of lives and fears that white nationalist violence
and rhetoric will continue. But as a scholar of
national security law, she also worries that political
leaders in the US will respond with the wrong
solutions. “Ultimately, any serious response to white
nationalist violence must challenge the presidential
rhetoric and policies that embolden its supporters.
Trump’s tweets extending condolences to the people of
New Zealand do nothing in the face of years of hateful
statements and policies directed at Muslims and
immigrants and the promotion of ideas of white
‘cultural threat,’ popular among white nationalists.”
She says, “If members of Congress want to get serious
about right-wing extremism, they should begin by
defunding the Muslim travel ban and overturning Trump’s
veto of national emergency powers to build a border
wall. Rescinding racist policies and holding
accountable the president who issues them will do more
for the security of U.S. racial and religious
communities than misguided attempts to create new
terrorism laws.” Shirin Sinnar is an associate
professor of law and a national security expert at
Stanford Law School. Contact her at
sinnar@law.stanford.edu or (650) 725-0613.
2. ==> New Zealand Shooting Should Not Have Happened
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is promising
a change in gun laws after Friday’s mosque attacks, but
Rebecca Peters says the laws should have been changed
back in the 90s after a mass shooting rocked Port
Arthur, Austraila. Peters, who helped lead the campaign
to reform Australia’s gun laws, says, “Australia’s
comprehensive overhaul of firearm policy after Port
Arthur should also have been applied in New Zealand.
Under our National Firearms Agreement, we banned semi-
auto rifles and shotguns, removed 640,000 of these
weapons from circulation with a buyback, required
registration of all guns and dramatically raised the
standard of screening for a gun license, including the
obligation to prove a legitimate reason. This scheme
was developed under the auspices of the Australasian
Police Ministers Council — Australasian as in Australia
plus New Zealand.” She’ll explain why that never
happened and how the gun lobby has made New Zealand,
and the US, less safe. Rebecca Peters is with the
International Action Network on Small Arms. She just
wrote the piece “‘It didn’t have to be this way’: how
the gun lobby made NZ less safe” for the Sydney Morning
Herald. Contact her at rebecca.peters101@gmail.com,
Skype: rebecapeters
3. ==> If You Choose to Carry a Gun
On the flip-side, some people are motivated to consider
gun ownership for their own protection and peace of
mind in the aftermath of a terrorist attack. Bring
Chris Bird on your show to educate audiences about the
types, sizes and features of firearms for self-defense
that can save lives and safeguard property, while also
neutralizing criminals. Chris is a sought-after expert
on gun rights and personal protection, whose best-
selling books include “Surviving a Mass Killer Rampage”
and “The Concealed Handgun Manual” (new edition). As
your guest, Chris will reveal which requisite skills,
safety practices, and methods of observation help you
avoid trouble and be safer, no matter where you and
your family are. Chris (with 30+ years of firearm
experience and safety usage) will share amazing stories
of people who said “Thank God I had a gun!” — plus
must-know truths about surviving, halting and even
preventing mass killings, home invasions, muggings and
rapes. Contact Chris Bird at (210) 686-4440;
cbird@rtirguests.com
4. ==> White Women and America’s Slave Economy
In the work of many historians, southern white women
have been depicted as naïve, marginal, or reluctant
participants in the system of slavery, shielded by men
from its ugliest and most brutal aspects. But historian
Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers argues the opposite—many
slave-owning women were sophisticated economic actors
who directly engaged in the South’s slave market.
Invite her on your show and hear how white women
actively invested in and benefited from slavery, and
how their participation had a major impact on enslaved
people, the institution of slavery, and American
capitalism. She says understanding white women’s direct
investment in slavery and their deep stake in its
perpetuation helps us grasp why many white women—and
their descendants—sought to uphold and actively
participate in a white supremacist order after the war.
Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers is assistant professor of
history at the University of California, Berkeley and a
2018-2019 Harrington Faculty Fellow at the University
of Texas, Austin where she is teaching this semester.
She is the author of “They Were Her Property: White
Women as Slave Owners in the America South.” Contact
Johanna Ramos Boyer at (703) 646-5137;
johanna@jrbcomm.com or Erin Bolden at (703) 646-5188
5. ==> The Green New Deal’s Socialist Roots
Nationally recognized property rights advocate Tom
DeWeese asserts that as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
promotes the Green New Deal, Americans are waking up to
the realization that this radical plan is simply a
recycled Agenda 21 program. Invite him on your show to
highlight the parallels between these programs. DeWeese
says, “The label Green New Deal has circulated among
globalists for years, they have handed it to an
inexperienced bartender from New York who became an
overnight media sensation. That doesn’t just happen.
Ocasio-Cortez is a created product. They needed her
inexperienced enthusiasm to shill a program that no
established politician would touch.” Tom DeWeese is a
speaker and nationally recognized property rights
advocate who has debated at Cambridge University. He is
the president of the American Policy Center and the
author of many books including, “Sustainable: The WAR
on Free Enterprise, Private Property and Individuals”.
DeWeese has been featured by Fox News, the New York
Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post,
the Washington Times, and other media nationwide.
Contact him at (540) 341-8911 (VA); APCDeWeese@aol.com
6. ==> Trump is Right: CNN is Biased!
President Trump loves to tweet about CNN’s biased
reporting—particularly against him. Nita Wiggins will
tell you why Trump’s viewpoint now has an unusual ally:
black journalists who are calling out the network for
its bias in promoting them. Nita can talk about the
charges leveled against CNN by the largest group of
black journalists in the U.S.–the National Association
of Black Journalists (NABJ). Nita will say the charges
represent yet another hit on the credibility of news
organizations. During her 21 years as a TV reporter and
anchor, Nita witnessed bias against black reporters and
female reporters from Augusta, Georgia to Seattle,
Washington, to Dallas, Texas. Nita is a member of the
NABJ who teaches journalism in Paris, France. In her
upcoming book, “Civil Rights Baby: My Story of Race,
Sports, and Breaking Barriers in American Journalism,”
she writes about the unfairness that happens off-camera
in TV stations. Contact her at NWiggins@rtirguests.com
7. ==> Retirement Rebels: How to Write Your Next
Chapter
Every day, 10,000 baby boomers join the ranks of
retired people. But unlike previous generations, they
are more likely to bring to their next chapters more
passion, more talent, and more energy than generations
that came before them. Invite Marilyn Bushey and Gail
McDonald, co-authors of “Retirement Your Way,” to
discuss the new ‘Retirement Rebels’ who are questioning
the assumptions that many of us hold about retirement.
“What we have found,” says Bushey, “Is that we have
many more lifestyle choices than we may have expected
and that the retirement journey is also likely to be a
more emotional journey than people would imagine. Our
choices often boil down to what we let go, what we add
and what we keep in our lives.” McDonald and Bushey,
who are executive coaches, interviewed friends,
colleagues and acquaintances in advance of their own
next chapters and developed a unique, seven-step
CHOICES Roadmap. Together they’ve written “Retirement
Your Way: The No-Stress Roadmap for Designing Your Next
Chapter.” Contact Marilyn Bushey at (972) 824-5954;
powerpacinc@charter.net
8. == > How to Get $20K More When You Sell Your Home
Countless people in your audience have a house, condo,
cabin or other home site on the market. Help them get
ahead of the competition and land the best offer by
inviting Marlena Uhrik to explain how a small
investment in proper home staging can sell your
property faster, and for more money. You’ll learn why a
wall-to-wall empty home, even with outstanding curb
appeal, can lose the attention of prospective buyers
and how to stage a property with the least investment
and the biggest WOW factors. She says, “A $10 lamp
could get you $20K more for your property and well-
placed furniture will literally help people envision
themselves and their own possessions at home there.”
Using clever accessories and lighting tips, Marlena
says you can create an inviting feeling and showcase
the roominess of any space. Marlena Uhrik is the author
of “The Secret Sauce of Staging: Getting Your Home
Ready to Command TOP DOLLAR in the Real Estate Market”.
Contact her at (916) 269-0528; MUhrik@rtirguests.com
9. ==> Why Run a Meeting People Will Dread? Do This
Instead
Chances are you have been to some poorly-run meetings
in your personal or professional life. Maybe those
gatherings (at work with bosses and fellow employees,
in a community setting, with clients or neighbors or
even strangers) were uninspiring or non-welcoming. Even
if you liked your fellow attendees, you couldn’t wait
to escape. So what are the secrets to having the
perfect meeting instead? One that exceeds everyone’s
expectations for productivity and progress? What needs
to be considered to make such a session happen? Find
out when you interview leadership and communication
expert Teruni Lamberg, Ph.D., author of the critically-
praised book “Conducting Productive Meetings: How to
Generate and Communicate Ideas for Innovation.” Whether
she’s talking about agendas and venues, schedules and
speakers, Q&A sessions, facilitation techniques, audio-
visuals or the food and beverages on-hand, Dr. Lamberg
will be as entertaining and informative as the meetings
she helps us envision. Prepare to learn about the best
meeting you could ever coordinate or attend! Contact
Dr. Teruni Lamberg at (775) 451-3086;
TLamberg@rtirguests.com
10. ==> You’ve Got 8 Seconds: Communication Secrets for
a Distracted World
When you talk, do others really pay attention?
Probably not, warns communication expert Paul Hellman.
Whether you’re presenting to a large audience, meeting
one-on-one, talking on the phone, or even sending an
email, people’s attention spans have almost vanished.
So you’ve got to engage others fast, before they tune
you out … maybe forever. Hellman will reveal specific
tactics to get heard in a noisy world, with deft
examples from the news and from clients he has worked
with. Hellman’s columns and advice have appeared in the
New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNBC.com and on
public radio’s Marketplace and CNN’s Business Unusual.
He is the author of “You’ve Got 8 Seconds:
Communication Secrets for a Distracted World” (AMACOM).
Contact him at (508) 276-7013; phellman@rtirguests.com
11. ==> Is It Your Fault You Can’t Find Love?
We all want to find that special someone to spend the
rest of our lives with but do you keep ending up in
failed relationships? Could it actually be your fault?
Invite Arnoux Goran, author, speaker, and the world’s
#1 expert in personal transformation, to reveal why you
might be getting in your own way when it comes to
finding your soul mate. He can share the three simple
questions to find what is blocking you from finding
your true love. Learn where these blocks come from and
how you can permanently remove them. His successful
method to reprogram yourself has been studied by the
University of California, Irvine, and shown dramatic
results. His forthcoming book, “The Answer: How to
Change Your Life and Make Your Dreams Come True”,
reveals how to release negative emotions permanently
and truly change your life by addressing the cause of
repeating patterns. Goran has been featured on radio
and television. Contact him at (878) 203-8231;
AGoran@rtirguests.com
12. ==> Does a Good Marriage Depend on Good Sex?
Spring is here and so is engagement and wedding season.
That makes it the perfect time to talk about sex and
marriage. Just how important is sex to a marriage?
Should couples expect to have daily sex? Can couples
form a strong bond without a robust sex life? Is
viewing pornography a form of cheating? Discussing this
topic with you will be René and Gloria Vallières, a
couple who have been married nearly 50 years who
authored the new book “Radical Sex: God’s Foundation
for a Healthy Marriage.” René was a pastor in The
Christian and Missionary Alliance and a teaching elder
at Evangelical Fellowships in New York and Utah.
Teaching adult classes on relationships for 35 years.
Gloria has a prayer ministry and is a freelance writer.
Contact René and Gloria at (385) 274-0529;
rvallieres@rtirguests.com
13. ==> Beach Boys Bodyguard Tells All
Much has been documented about Beach Boy Brian Wilson’s
struggles with drugs, mental illness and his bandmate
brothers and cousin Mike Love. But for the first time,
his former bodyguard/caretaker Rushton “Rocky” Pamplin
has come forward with his riveting behind-the-scenes
story. Rocky is a former NFL player who was a college
roommate and best friends with Stan Love, brother of
Mike Love and former player for the Los Angeles Lakers.
In the mid-1970s, they were enlisted to serve as
bodyguards for Brian, who was on a death spiral. After
years of keeping silent, Rocky wrote “The Beach Boys
Endless Wave: Inside America’s Band,” with co-author
Ron Hamady, a veteran of the music and film industries.
“I realized that Rocky had been where no one had ever
been,” Ron says. “It was a monumental time for the
band. There have been plenty of books on the Beach
Boys. But no one has ever been behind the scenes.”
Contact them at (310) 997-4947; mvezo@rtirguests.com
14. ==> What’s Behind the Beatles’ Staying Power?
Ringo and Paul are still touring and Paul has had 38
million hits and counting on “Carpool Karaoke.” What is
perhaps even more remarkable is the band’s “White
Album” made it into the Billboard Top 10 50 years after
its release! This timeless group remains a favorite of
everyone from baby boomers to millennials. All of this
is not news to Susan Shumsky, who regularly regales
Beatles fans with fascinating facts about the Fab
Four’s “White Album” and their lives in the 1960s. When
you interview Susan you’ll learn what Paul said about
seeing God when he took the psychedelic drug DMT and
about the hidden meanings behind “Let it Be,” “Mother
Nature’s Son,” “Cosmically Conscious,” “Blackbird,”
“Get Back,” “Why Don’t We Do it in the Road,” “Back in
the USSR,” “Fool on the Hill,” and “The Long and
Winding Road.” Also, ways Ringo’s new book is connected
to the Beatles time in India. Susan spent 22 years
living in the ashrams of the Beatles’ guru. She is the
award-winning author of 15 books including “Maharishi &
Me: Seeking Enlightenment with the Beatles’ Guru.” She
has done over 1,000 media appearances. Contact her at
(917) 336-7184; SShumsky@rtirguests.com
15. ==> Drowning in a Sea of Chronic Illness – a
Surprising Lifeboat
We’re a nation drowning in a sea of illness. Six in 10
adults in the US lives with a chronic disease. 43
million experience mental illness in a given year, and
suicide is the third leading cause of death in our
youth. Pop singer/songwriter, playwright, author,
filmmaker Lisa Sniderman (Aoede) can discuss how art
became her lifeboat while battling a progressive muscle
disease for 11 years. “Living and coping with chronic
illness can be isolating. It can leave you questioning
your self-worth and identity and feeling hopeless.
Creativity can help those struggling to thrive, be
visible and dream!” Lisa has been honored with more
than 55 awards and considered multiple times for a
GRAMMY all while struggling with a rare, chronic
illness. She’ll discuss her experience of how illness
can affect mental and physical states and
relationships, and how she’s found ways to create, even
with limited energy. An inspirational artist and guest,
Lisa Sniderman is the author of “A Light in the
Darkness: Transcending Chronic Illness through the
Power of Art and Attitude.” Contact her at (415)
233-8310; LSniderman@rtirguests.com
16. ==> This Psychiatrist Says Women Will Save the
World
Our world, according to many experts, is heading
towards self-destruction. The existence of worldwide
nuclear weapons, countries run by tribal leaders and
unstable dictators, and a way of thinking that Einstein
called “a silent addiction leading to species suicide”
doesn’t bode well for any of us. Interview Dr. Donald
Pet, a psychiatrist who contends that if we want to get
serious about creating world peace, women are the
answer! “Women by nature are nurturers. Men by nature
create war,” says Dr. Pet. “Women are natural
communicators who use negotiating to show strength
instead of bully tactics!” Dr. Pet is the founder of
the Education Community (EC), a nonprofit organization,
which offers free college level courses teaching people
how to develop a “new way of thinking” that promotes
happiness, love and peace. His EC initiative has been
endorsed by Jack Canfield, Brian Tracy and many others.
Contact Dr. Donald Pet at (860) 253-2691;
DPet@rtirguests.com
17. ==> How to Reduce Your Pets’ ‘Environmental Paw
Print’
People the world over are aware of how the environment
affects human health and the health of our planet.
According to author and environmental engineer Yasmin
Davar, our pups and kitties need to get on the
sustainability bandwagon for the very same reasons.
“Having a ‘green pet’ is far healthier for the planet,
as well as the pets themselves,” she says. Some
examples are using biodegradable cat litter, cleaning
up your dog’s poop, which can contaminate ground water,
and avoiding plastic food and water bowls, which break
down AND can cause health problems in your dog or cat.
“I would add using biodegradable natural dog shampoos
and conditioners, and food with healthy, natural
ingredients and reduced processing.” Yasmin is the
author of “Our Peaceful Planet: Healing Ourselves and
the World for a Sustainable Future.” She also holds a
Master of International Studies in Peace and Conflict
Resolution. Contact Yasmin at YDavar@rtirguests.com.
18. ==> Bad Mistakes Even Good Teachers Make
Did you know that many teachers, in trying to encourage
their students, actually embarrass them? That
embarrassment leads to discouragement, which if left
unchecked can kill whatever love of learning a kid has.
All children have an innate desire to learn and are
excited about it. But as early as kindergarten, even
good teachers are setting them up to hate school. As a
former educator and administrator in public schools and
universities, Lee Jenkins saw the need for a new
approach to learning – one that keeps that “intrinsic
motivation” alive from kindergarten through 12th grade.
He says, “What most parents and teachers don’t realize
is that motivation is made up of both will and thrill.
Are your kids working hard and loving the process?
Chances are they aren’t!” Lee Jenkins is the of
“Permission to Forget” and the upcoming “How to Create
a Perfect School.” He now consults and writes full
time with his firm LtoJ Consulting Group. Contact him
at (484) 306-8784; LJenkins@rtirguests.com
19. ==> Do A Show On Loving the Unlovable
Your listeners will be spellbound with this incredible
true story of Marty Vargas, who, after 20 years, learns
that his estranged birth mother is alive and living on
the streets of Philadelphia. He does everything in his
power to find her, rescue her, and love her…. even
after she spits in his face and refuses to leave the
streets. He sacrifices everything for love! Marty will
share how his love for his birth mom was tested time
and time again, but eventually prevailed – overcoming
her rejection and fear. This wonderful human-interest
story is really a tale of two mothers… the one who took
him in, raised him, hid the truth from him – but
eventually gave him the information and the courage he
needed to go on the search of a lifetime! Marty Vargas,
MFA, is a media owner, author, and a sought-after
International speaker. His incredible true story has
been seen multiple times on ABC and NBC Philadelphia
and Fox News Washington, DC. Contact Marty at (631)
246-0790; MVargas@rtirguests.com
20. ==> Fact of Fiction? Thriller Based on Current
American Culture
A riveting thriller with incisive social commentary –
Barton and Elizabeth Cockey’s new novel “The Sacred
Fury”—is a tense examination of current American
culture and social division. Invite the couple on your
show and discuss the roots of the book as well as the
characters, Dylan and Sidney, a newly married couple
who find themselves on opposite sides of a sinister
organization’s plans to create a perfect world. The
conversation will include cutting-edge science and
social progress, racial violence, and even Edgar Alan
Poe and the search for the potion of eternal youth! It
will also spark lively debate about the future of
America. Contact the authors at (410) 456-1266,
bcockey1@twc.com